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W. E. WINE.

CAR noon. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. I922.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

atkozueq Patented- Oct. 24, 1922.

WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.v

I CAR noon.

Application filed September 2, 1922. Serial No. 585,969.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WVINE, a

citizen of the United States, residin at T0- ledo, in the coiuity of Lucas and tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Doors, of-which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to door construction for railway oars or-the like and has among its objects to provide a door having a stiffening member reinforced in an economical manner. Other objects are to provide a door stiffening member of light weight and one that will be effective in service.

' With such objects in View, the invention consists of the formation, combination and arrangement of parts as will be herein described and particularly as pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which show a preferred form of the invention, Fig ure 1 is a side elevational view of a portion of a car having applied thereto a door with the parts thereof constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section throu h a portion of the car, this view showing afso the door parts, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a detached view of the side elevation of the outermost end of the door stiffening member. Figure 4 is a trans verse vertical section through the door stiffening member, this view being taken on the line 44 of Figure 3. Figure 5 is a perspective view of the reinforcing membenwhich is applied to the door stiffening member, as

shown in the other figures. The scale of Figures 3, 4 and 5 is somewhat enlarged over that of Figures 1 and 2.

Referring to these drawings, the invention as shown is applied to a car of the drop bottom gondola type, having side planking 1 and a floor plank 2. A metal side sill 3 is also indicated, this being formed of a channel iron, which extends longitudinally of the car in accordance with the usual practice. A hopper-like depression is formed in the floor of the car by means of hopper planking 4. An angle bracket 5 may be fitted to frame the hopper planks 4 together at the corners, bolts 6 being indicated as passing through this bracket and through the hopper planking. A metallic diaphragm, or cross bearer 7, is also indicated as extending from the side sill 3 inwardly toward the center of the car.

The lower face of the hopper may be closed by means of a door, which is made up of door planking 8. Such doors are well known and are usually hinged to the car near the center sills thereof. The center sill and the door hinge are not indi ated in the drawings, but these are well known in the art, and will be readily understood by those skilled in car construction. A door stiffening member 9 is shown as extending across the bottom face of the door and outwardly beyondthe free edges of the same. To this the door planks 8 are bolted as by means of the bolts 10. This stiffening member 9 is preferably formed of a metallic angular sec tion, such as the Z bar indicated in the drawings. 'This type of section is preferrechin order to increase the strength of the section and to reduce its width. The outer end of the stiffener 9 serves as means for holding the door in closed position. In the present embodiment, the supporting means embodies a hook 11, which is pivoted to the side sill of the car at 12, a bracket 13 overlying-the pivot end of the hook and a cam or dog 14: being provided to retain the hook in engaged relationship with the stiffening member. When the door is lifted shut, the supporting ledge 15 of the hook 11 will fall into position beneath the stiffening member 9, thereby suoporting the door in closed position.

he angular member 9 is not of suflicient stiffness in itself to resist the concentration of load from the hook l1, and in order to reinforce the stiffening member 9, a reinforcing bracket 16 is applied thereto. This re inforcing member is form d of a steel plate, which is bent into angular section, one leg thereof lying against and being secured to the one angle of the Z-bar, which constitutes the stiffening member 9, and the other leg thereof lying against and being secured to the web of the Z. Rivets 17 may be employed for securing these legs to the portions of the Z bar mentioned. The reinforcing bracket 16 thus lies within the angle of the angular section of the stiffening member, and forms an interior stiffening bracket therefor. The ledge 15 of the hook ll is arranged to seat beneath one-of the legs of the bracket 16.

In order to stiffen the bracket 16 and tie the two legs thereof together and thereby further stiffen the open angle of the stiffening member 9 and also tie the angular two legs of the same together, a corrugated gusset 18 is forced across the angle of the bracket 16. This gusset is integral With the metal ofthe bracket and is formed by press-V ing the steel plate into the shape as indicated in the drawings, thus forming an interior gusset or tie across the angle of the stiffening member.

When the bracket 16 is now riveted in place between the legs of the angular section of the stiffening member 9, the latter will be locally reinforced in the vicinity of the point ofengagement therewith of the book 11, so that it will be suited to resist the concentratedfor'ces that are ap lied to it in service.

a reinforcing member disposed within the angle of the stiffening member in the vicinity' of the point of engagement of the doorsupporting member therewith, the said reinforcing member being secured to both legs of the angular section of the stifieningmemher and. being formed of a steel plate having an integral gusset pressed from the metal of the plate and forming a diagonal tie between the legs of the angular section of the stiffening member. I

2. Acar door having a stiffening member formed of an angular section arranged for cooperation With a door-supporting member, a reinforcing member disposed within the angle of the stiffening member in the vicinity of thepoint of en agement of the doorsupporting member t erewith, the said reinforcing member being secured to both legs of the angular section of the stiifeningmemher and being formed of a steel plate with singularly arranged legs adapted to lie a ainst and to be securedto theinner faces 0 the legs'of the angular'seetion ofthe stiff ening member, there being a corrugation pressed from the metal of the plate and extending in a diagonal line across the angle of the same and forming an interior gusset between the "legs thereof. p

. In testimony whereof I ,afiix m signature.

WILLIAM WINE. 

